Make Me Strong and True

God who touchest earth with beauty,
Make me lovely, too,
By Thy Spirit recreate me;
Make my heart anew.

Like Thy springs and running waters,
Make me crystal pure;
Like Thy rocks of towering grandeur,
Make me strong and sure.

Like Thy dancing waves in sunlight,
Make me glad and free;
Like the straightness of the pine trees,
Let me upright be.

Like the arching of the heavens
Lift my thoughts above;
Turn my dreams to noble action,
Ministries of love.

God, who touchest earth with beauty,
Make me lovely too;
Keep me ever, by Thy Spirit,
Pure, and strong, and true.
—Anonymous

Psalm 90:17, “And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and establish the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.”